How many years can a container house last? How many years can it last?
Container houses are houses converted from shipping containers, or houses designed to look like containers. With the opening of the Internet, we can easily find pictures of such houses. Some are used on construction sites for workers to live in, and some are high-end container houses carefully and cleverly designed by professional architectural designers, giving people a very novel feeling. So how many years can a container house last?
The service life of any product is related to its material, and the same is true for container houses. Houses with good materials can be used for 30 years without any problems, and houses with poor quality may not work after 2 years.
Give a few examples: Container mobile houses for people living on construction sites The simple container mobile houses used on construction sites are for workers, and there are not many requirements for the decoration and comfort of the houses. They only need to be protected from wind and rain and sleep at night. Therefore, the life of such container houses is short. Within 5 years, they are already very dilapidated.
The container houses on construction sites are currently. White color steel plates are used as wall panels and roof panels, and the skeleton is welded with channel steel and square steel. The size of each house is 18 square meters. The workmanship is relatively simple and no decoration is required. Since such temporary houses have only appeared on the market for 5 or 6 years, you can go and have a look. Those that have been used for more than 2 years have faded seriously, and the doors, windows, handles, and windows will be damaged to varying degrees. There is also a blue iron box that looks very similar to a shipping container. Since it is also used by workers on the construction site, the material is not much better. Generally speaking, let's take a look at the materials used for such blue iron containers. The thickness of the outer corrugated board, that is, the iron sheet, is 0.7mm-1mm. The thickness of the surrounding columns is 1.2mm. The crossbeams at the upper and lower bottoms are made of 3mm thick channel steel. The manufacturer said that such container houses can be used for 10 years without any problems. However, we visited the construction units and asked the contractors who had purchased such container houses. They said that after 2 years of use, the appearance has faded a lot, and some are rusted. We then asked a worker engaged in container welding, he said. "Nowadays, the competition is very fierce. Customers are not interested in quality at the moment. Because generally speaking, customers cannot tell the quality from the appearance of container houses. In order to have a price advantage, we have to reduce the material of the container. The thickness of our corrugated sheet metal can be as thick as 1mm, but now it is only 0.6mm. After spraying the paint, customers can't tell at all. We used to spray the paint three times, anti-rust paint, epoxy resin, and topcoat. Now we only spray an outer layer of topcoat, which may fade in about a year." It is conceivable how many years a container house can be used.
Simple container houses have a relatively short service life because the materials are not good. Of course, some container houses can have a service life of up to 30 years, which is not exaggerated. Last time I saw a container-style office, and we personally experienced 10 days from the beginning of production to completion. Since it is not designed by professional architectural designers, we will not consider its appearance for the time being. The materials used are indeed the best in the market. The thickness of the iron sheet on the outside of the container house uses 2mm thick corrugated board, which is thicker than the corrugated board used in shipping containers. (The iron sheet of the shipping container is 1.8mm). It is really a steel house. The weight of the house after completion reaches 10 tons. The service life of the container house is also related to the usual maintenance. If the paint of the container house is found to be peeling, it should be repaired as soon as possible to prevent rust from further corroding the material. This will extend the service life.
For friends who want to buy container houses, it is recommended that if you want to use it as a permanent container building, you have to choose the right materials and find a container manufacturer to customize it. Or you can buy shipping containers, modify and decorate them. The quality is also much better than that on the market.
The main material of container houses is corrugated board. It plays a decisive role in the service life of container houses.